Ulf Herman

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1989–1997) Born in Hildesheim, West Germany, Ulf Nadrowski was a local swimming champion in his native country and also did some Judo before he decided to get into wrestling.

He returned to Germany, working for small promotions, but earned a tryout in the World Wrestling Federation as "Herman the German". He defeated Louie Spiccoli, who later wrestled for the WWF as Rad Radford. Herman then travelled to the United Kingdom, where he gained experience so he could wrestle for the CWA in Vienna. He worked for All Star Wrestling during this time, appearing in backstage footage for Robbie Brookside's Video Diary filmed in 1993 for BBC2, as well as making Welsh TV appearances for S4C's Reslo, where he sometimes appeared as the Hollywood Blond, a Sting impersonator gimmick.

In the last tournament of the year in 1993 in Bremen he was selected as 'Rookie Of The Year' and wrestled but lost a match against Papa Shango, which took place at the Euro Catch Festival. On August 16, 1994, Herman and August Smisl won the CWA Tag Team Championship from Fury and John Hawk (substituting for Rage) in Vienna, Austria. They held the belts for almost three months before dropping them to John Hawk and Cannonball Grizzly in Bremen, Germany.

In 1995 he wrestled The Ultimate Warrior who made a guest-appearance in the CWA for one match. Herman lost the match. On August 16, 1997, Herman was defeated by Marshall Duke in Vienna for the then vacant CWA World Heavyweight Championship. The title was later vacated.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–1999)

In 1998, Herman travelled to the United States where he competed for Extreme Championship Wrestling. On March 20, 1998, he made his ECW debut in a loss to Doug Furnas. He quickly aligned himself with manager Lance Wright as part of The Wright Connection, a short-lived heel stable of "unofficial" WWF stars, along with Brakkus, Danny Doring, Mike Lozanski, Roadkill and 2 Cold Scorpio. At A Matter of Respect, Herman and The Equalizer served as Danny Doring's cornermen in his match against John Kronus. On June 26, he teamed with Mike Lozansky and Michael Kovac; they lost to the team of Axl Rotten, Balls Mahoney and John Kronus. He faced Kronus in a series of matches on house shows. On August 8, Herman picked up his first victory in ECW by defeating Kronus. Herman didn't appear again until January 16, 1999, where, at ECW's House Party, he was defeated again by Kronus. He was among the dozens of challengers who faced Rob Van Dam during his two-year run as ECW World Television Champion. To this day he states that his favourite match was against Van Dam in Detroit, Michigan. Ulf's last match in ECW was against his friend Sabu on January 30, 1999. Herman continued on the European independent circuit making a name for himself in the United Kingdom once more, competing in Frontier Wrestling Alliance and later 1 Pro Wrestling. On February 9, 2002, Herman took part in one of the FWA's biggest shows, 'Revival', which featured a "European vs. United States" storyline, where he defeated Brian Christopher at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. In May 2003 at the Frontiers of Honour show, co-hosted with the American promotion Ring of Honor, Herman teamed with Alex Shane and Nikita to take on The Family (Travell, Brandon Thomas, and Scott Parker) in a mixed hardcore six-man tag team match.

1 Pro Wrestling (2006–2009) On January 6, 2006, Herman made his debut in 1PW, replacing D'Lo Brown who had withdrawn from the event. Herman lost his first match to Sterling James Keenan, but appeared at the end of the show to help Sabu stave off an attack from Keenan and Abyss. The next night, Herman and Sabu teamed to lose to Keenan and Abyss,

Herman managed to retain the belt at 1PW's comeback show Resurrection where he beat Iceman in an "I Quit" match. He also managed to retain over two nights at the Know Your Enemy weekend, on Night 1 in a four-way against Abyss, Sterling James Keenan and Doug Williams and on Night 2 against Sterling James Keenan. Herman managed to again defend his title at the 1PW show Invincible against Sterling James Keenan after the proposed three-way was cancelled due to Abyss not making the show. It was later announced that he would defend his title for the last time against Sterling James Keenan in a steel cage match at the 2nd Anniversary Show on October 13, 2007.

Real Quality Wrestling (2008–present) On February 9, 2008, at ACW's Riptide II event, Herman became the Real Quality Wrestling Heavyweight champion in a title vs title match, putting his ACW Title belt on the line against with the then current RQW champion Martin Stone. Herman retired in 2012 and was inducted into Athletik Club Wrestling's Hall of Fame that year. In February 2017 he wrestled a match on the German TV show "Die Beste Show der Welt".

Personal life Nadrowski has a daughter. She followed his steps into wrestling under the name Bozilla and appeared as part of the main event of Dream Star Fighting Marigold's inaugural event titled Fields Forever. In past times he worked as a lifeguard. Aside from his wrestling career, Nadrowski worked as a bodyguard on tour with bands such as 3 Doors Down, System of a Down, Slipknot and Rammstein. Nadrowski also used to own a fitness club. In 2002, Nadrowski appeared in the television movie Revival: The Search for the King of England.

Filmography Year Title Role

Athletik Club Wrestling ACW World Wrestling Championship (3 times) ACW Hall of Fame (2012) Bullhead City Wrestling Bullhead City Wrestling Championship (1 time) Catch Wrestling Association CWA Iron Man Championship (1 time) CWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with August Smisl (2 times), Tony St. Clair (1 time) and Christian Eckstein (1 time) CWA Rookie of the Year (1993) Frontier Wrestling Alliance FWA British Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Drew McDonald (1) and Alex Shane (2) German Wrestling Federation GWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Independent Wrestling World IWW Heavyweight Cup Championship (1 time) NWA Germany NWA Germany Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Professional Wrestling Alliance PWA Europameisterschaft Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #326 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2002 Real Quality Wrestling RQW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)